Bobby Mills (athlete)
![]() Bobby Mills in 1920 | |||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Fishtoft, Benington, Lincolnshire, England | 16 January 1894||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 December 1964 Wyberton, Lincolnshire, England | (aged 70)||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Leicester Harriers | ||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 2:37:40.4 (1920) | ||||||||||||||||
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Albert Robert "Bobby" Mills (16 January 1894 – 6 December 1964) was a British long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
Mills ran his first marathon in 1920, winning the Poly race in a new British record of 2:37:40.4. He also won the Poly race in 1921 and 1922, and competed for England internationally in cross-country running in 1920–1921 and 1923.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Bobby Mills". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ "Bobby Mills". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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- 1894 births
- 1964 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- British male long-distance runners
- British male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- People from the Borough of Boston
- People from Wyberton
- British athletics biography stubs